Stevens Auction Company has a big laminated rosewood marble-top étagère in its July 11 Red, White & Bid: America 250 sale. The lot is attributed to J. & J.W. Meeks and carries an $8,000–$12,000 estimate. You can see it here.
This is the kind of form I always stop for because it is doing three jobs at once: cabinet, mirror, and parlor architecture. The listing calls out the open C-scroll crest, acanthus and floral carving, shaped shelves, multiple mirror plates, white marble top, pierced cabinet doors, and bold scrolled legs. It also notes provenance from Annesdale Mansion in Memphis, which gives the piece a little more to file away than a generic “rosewood étagère” label.
I would still keep the attribution word in front of Meeks unless the construction and carving settle it in person. But as a comparison piece, it belongs in the Meeks/Rococo Revival folder. The scale, laminated rosewood, marble, and mirror-back superstructure are exactly the sort of details that help separate high-style New York parlor furniture from the ordinary Victorian pile.
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